Switzer, Donna
From: Frakes, Sandie
Sent: Monday, June 6, 2022 8:08 AM
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Subject: FW: Proposed Olson Town homes at Talbert and Newland From: Sharon Causer <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 3, 2022 12:20 PM SUPPLEMENTAL
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Subject: Proposed Olson Town homes at Talbert and Newland Meeting Date:_ 0/7/22
June 3, 2022
Aganda lm No: 29/22 - 451)
Re: Proposed Olson Town homes
My name is Sharon Causer and I live near Newland and Talbert. I do not want a three story condo (Hotel) built. It is going to look awful.
What you need to know about this area: There are generally gasoline tankers on the road that start at Gothard and Talbert and are headed to and from the 405 freeway, night and day, 24/7, 365 days a year. If there are flaws in the pavement near the new proposed project, resulting vibrations caused by the tankers over a period of time can damage structures and make life miserable for the residents of the proposed project.
Having lived in this neighborhood for over forty years, I have experienced many physical problems (signs of damage) due to heavy vehicles traveling on Talbert. Common examples are nails backing out of two by four inch wall studs that push thru the wall boarding and result in my having to pound the nails back in and re-spackle, many times over the years. I have had to call the city to fix the broken payment to stop the rattling of my house. I am only in a one story house and you are about to subject two and three story buildings to this kind of repeated damage.
The corner house next door to me has a cracked brick chimney that is unusable and looks like a road map. This neighbor also told me he had to fix his broken slab inside the house. And we have had to re-plumb our water lines throughout the house at great expense.
The proposed project buildings are going to be subject to the traffic out front. Since there are no walls between the buildings and the street traffic, the buildings are ready for a car or truck to come into them. No wall or structure is there to take the initial shock and the speed limit is a full 45 miles per hour. There have been many bad accidents in and around this intersection, including deaths.
June 1, 2022, Orange County Water District [email protected]. Subject: Water Awareness Month, Drought and Water Supplies. California is in the midst of the most severe drought on record and historic water restrictions have been implemented across the state. Not enough water for the people here now and you want to make the situation worse.
Capital Alert, May 16, 2022 : Gavin Newson seeks $5 Billion to Keep California's lights on as summer Blackouts Loom.
Fox News, June 17, 2021 CA Power Grid Operator issues Flex Alert ask residents to cut back on power usage.
The houses behind the new three story building(s) will not get winter sunlight, not to mention making the parking problem much worse than what they already have.
More people will be jaywalking across Talbert to park and get their cars. The Saint Vincent De Paul Catholic Church people already flood the area with their cars on Sundays and church events. The proposed project will be making it even worse.
Changing from low density residence to medium density residence and building a three story unit in this area is insane.
You would not put this three story project in your neighborhood, why are you doing this to mine?
2 Switzer, Donna
From: LISA R COURTEMARCHE <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 6, 2022 3:48 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Talbert/ Newland project
Hello,
I am a resident of HB for 47 years. I grew up before Seacliff ever had a shopping center. I have seen many changes. I understand the laws are allowing more housing units to be built in areas that previously were low density. I knownyou will approve the project that is proposed fir the site on Talbert and Newland. I feel that the current proposal does not allocate enough parking. I am concerned that the "2 car garages" will be similar the the garages at Pacific Ranch that do not fit most cars if you want to exit your vehicle. Also, the planning committee was excited because it will be a nice complex for people to see as they enter HB. The builder said it would be as well. It makes no sense. If they are putting a gate up for safety I would assume it also means they are putting a fence around the complex. This is a very dangerous intersection. A man died in an accident that went through that corner. Also only having 12 additional park8ng spaces will not be enough for each home to even have a guest. If it is like the complex across the street in FV, the HOA sees not let residents park in the extra spots overnight. Parking will be impossible!! Also the gas trucks from the oil refinery speed down Talbert and rattle the homes. They are an accident waiting to happen.
I understand the laws are changing. I am not sure how the process works but I hope that the city council works with the county to improve public transportation to HB. Currently there are no busses down Talbert on the weekends which would be nice if people want to get to various events in centerline Park or visit the cemetery. We need to look at improvements.
Also if we are trying to make.more housing for HB residents than make more of these units low to mid income.
I hope you feel comfortable when there are multiple accidents in this area because it does not yield to including this many homes and vehicles.
L. Courtemarche
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